Faculty
Meet our expert faculty of Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Farooq Mohyuddin (MD, CGP, FAPA)
Chair of Psychiatry Training, Psychiatry Residency Program Director
Farooq Mohyuddin, MD, CGP, FAPA, is the Chair of Psychiatry Training and Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Dr. Mohyuddin is a medical graduate of Sindh Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, Class of 1989, and completed his training in Psychiatry at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C. in 2003. He has served as the Director of Medical Student Education at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, President of the Mid Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society, Chair of Group Psychotherapy Training Program, and the President of Washington Psychiatric Society. He is an active Member of Administration and Leadership Committee, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. His interests include teaching, group psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology.
Philip Candilis (MD, DFAPA)
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director, Director of Medical Affairs at Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Dr. Candilis is Director of Medical Affairs and Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Recent fellows at the Saint Elizabeths program have studied and published on competence restoration, social justice, and feminist theory under his mentorship. Dr. Candilis holds academic appointments at George Washington University School of Medicine (Professor of Psychiatry), Howard University College of Medicine (Clinical Professor of Psychiatry), and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry). A former Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Candilis completed his residency and chief residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and his forensic fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Candilis is President of the Washington Psychiatric Society and the Hellenic American Psychiatric Association.
A strong advocate for the public sector, Dr. Candilis is responsible for articulating professional standards for physician health, forensic psychiatry, and general psychiatry through a number of medical organizations, including the American College of Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Current projects include the improvement of competence assessment and restoration in public psychiatry (a SAMHSA Learning Collaborative), a textbook on global mental health, and an analysis of terrorism data from Iraq
Enrico Suardi (MD, MSc, MA)
Director of Psychiatry Services at Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Dr. Suardi is ABPN certified in psychiatry, child psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. He obtained his M.D. and completed a residency in public health and preventive medicine at the University of Milan, Italy. He received an M.Sc. in Public Health and Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an Executive M.A. in National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. Dr. Suardi teaches in both the residency and fellowship programs.
Janna Volkov (MD)
Psychiatry Residency Associate Program Director
Janna Volkov, MD, is the Associate Program Director of Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Director of Medical Student Education/Externship since April 2014. Dr. Volkov is a medical graduate of Novosibirsk State Medical Academy, Russia, class of 1992, and completed her training in Psychiatry at Saint Elizabeths Hospital/DBH in 2005. She has served as the Director of Residents Clinic from July 2010 to March 2014. She is practicing as an ACT team psychiatrist and outpatient psychiatrist at the Department of Behavioral Health.
Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D.
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D. is Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC, Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Howard University College of Medicine, Director Emeritus of the Law & Psychiatry Service (LPS) of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Chair of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) Governmental Affairs Committee. Dr. Schouten previously served as Director of LPS and is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Schouten has been a subject matter expert for multiple government agencies including the Biological Threat Characterization Program of the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the Director of National Security, and the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. He was the mental health liaison for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America to the September 11 Victims’ Fund and served on consensus panels drafting guidelines on workplace violence for the FBI and the American Society for Industrial Security. He has presented to the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, regarding personnel reliability programs and insider threat. He has served as a panelist and contributor at workshops sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense (“The Neurobiology of Political Violence: New Tools, New Insights”), DTRA and DOE (“Human Reliability/Insider Threat Technical Exchange”), F.B.I. (“Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks”), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (Second China-U.S. Track II Dialogue on Nuclear Security), and the Nautilus Institute (Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications & Global Stability). From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Schouten served as a member and report co-author of the Amerithrax Expert Behavioral Analysis Panel. The Panel was tasked with examining medical records and the Department of Justice investigative file related to the 2001 anthrax mailings to identify lessons learned from those events and prevent future biological attacks.Co-
S. Kalman Kolansky (MD, DLFAPA)
Psychiatry Residency Associate Program Director
S. Kalman Kolansky, MD, DLFAPA is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1965. He provides education and supervision in child and adolescent psychiatry and development throughout the four years of residency. Dr. Kolansky completed his psychiatry residency at Kings County Hospital, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, and Child Psychiatry Fellowship Training at Hahnemann Medical School and Hospital Philadelphia, PA. He is a Teaching Psychoanalyst at the Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine. He is the recipient of the Irma Bland Teaching Award from the American Psychiatric Association, and the Edith Sabshin Teaching Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is also a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. His interests include child development pre-school consultation, individual psychotherapy and psychoanalysis of children, adolescents, and adults, psychological effects of adoption and foster care on the adoption triad, psychoanalysis and cinema, and psychological trauma through the life cycle. Dr. Kolansky is also in part-time child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry and psychoanalytic practice in Alexandria Va.
Lauren Pengrin, DO
Director at Resident Continuity of Care Clinic
Lauren Pengrin DO, is a graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2014, and completed her Psychiatry Residency Training at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C. in 2018. She has been a Faculty member in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Saint Elizabeths Hospital since July 2018. Dr. Pengrin supervises PGY3 and PGY4 residents in the Resident Continuity Clinic in the DC DBH Adult Behavioral Health Services Division. She teaches classes on DSM 5 Diagnoses, Effective Communication Skills, Managing The Effects of Fatigue, and Outpatient Medical Documentation. Dr. Pengrin also serves as chair of the residency’s Wellbeing Committee. She is a member of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, The American Psychiatric Association, and the Washington Psychiatric Society. Her professional interests include Medical Education and Physician Well Being.
Abhishek Wadhawan, MD
Core faculty member at Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Dr. Abhishek Wadhawan was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India. He obtained his medical degree at the Government Medical College Amritsar in India. His residency training was at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC which is affiliated with George Washington University. Since his residency training, Dr. Wadhawan has been involved in several collaborative research projects with the Mood and Anxiety Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore. He has won several research awards during his training. Dr. Wadhawan has a special interest in chronic and severe psychiatric disorders, neuroinflammation, and the applications of augmented intelligence in mental health care. He is a core faculty member in the residency program at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Saba University School of Medicine. In addition, he is a member of Society of Biological Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, Washington Psychiatric Society, and the Indian Psychiatric Society. Dr. Wadhawan is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is board-certified. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, listening to music, working out, as well as playing and following the sport of cricket.
John Livingood (MD)
Residency Didactics Curriculum Director
John Livingood, MD, is a graduate of Rochester School of Medicine, Class of 1966, and completed his Psychiatric Residency at the University of Cincinnati. He is a graduate of the Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program, Washington School of Psychiatry. He provides essential classes to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years on psychopharmacology and psychopathology. His interests include biological psychiatry and the teaching and practice of psychopharmacology.
Peter Nguyen (DO)
Attending Psychiatrist
Peter Nguyen, DO is a graduate of Western University of Health Sciences, California, Class of 2015, and completed his psychiatry residency training at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington DC in 2020. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of California, Riverside, California.
Dr. Nguyen is dedicated to the advancement of his field through research and education. He has volunteered at local community clinics during his undergraduate studies and served for a year with AmeriCorps teaching at-risk youth. He was motivated to work in the field of psychiatry because he wanted to be part of the solution to the problem of healthcare disparities among the underserved population especially minorities. He has participated in many research projects at the University of California-Riverside, University of California-Los Angeles, San Diego State University, and City of Hope Beckman Research Institute. During residency, he presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and led a QI project at the VA Medical Center, fulfilling critical criteria in JCOA accreditation.
Dr. Nguyen is highly interested in teaching medical students and psychiatry residents. He gives a lecture series called “Practical considerations for addiction disorders” with a focus on changing the conversation and stigma around patients with substance use disorders for future doctors. He has also served as the regional vice president of the resident union, the Committee of Interns and Residents, advocating for resident and medical student rights.
Ramia Gupta (MD, FAPA)
Forensic Psychiatrist
Ramia Gupta, MD, FAPA, completed her medical training at the Government Medical College and Hospitals, Jammu, India. She is board certified in both General and Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Gupta completed her psychiatry residency at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington DC, where she also served as Chief Resident. She completed her forensic psychiatry fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC. Dr. Gupta is on the teaching faculty at both the St. Elizabeths Hospital Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program. Dr. Gupta organizes and supervises the forensic seminars for the PGY I and PGY II psychiatry residents, serving as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Gupta coordinates the Forensic Psychiatry Mock Trial Seminar with Georgetown Law School and is an appointee to the DC Commission on Mental Health.
Asim Haracic (MD)
Outpatient Psychiatrist
Asim Haracic, MD, is a graduate of University Medical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Class of 1991. He completed his plastic surgery residency at Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Clinical Center, Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995, and psychiatry residency at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington D.C. in 2003. He completed his fellowship at Washington-Baltimore Institute for Psychoanalysis in 2001. Dr. Haracic is a psychiatrist at Outpatient Behavioral Health Center, Providence Health Services, Washington, DC. He provides teaching and supervision to psychiatry residents at outpatient clinics.